Executive Health & Safety Consultant at Peninsula Business Services (Feb 2023/ Present)
Manage a high-volume portfolio across diverse industries, delivering expert health and safety advice within strict deadlines. Operate in fast-paced environments, balancing competing priorities while maintaining a high standard of service and compliance.
- Conduct comprehensive risk assessments, including low, medium, and high-risk assessments.
- Develop and implement tailored health and safety policies, procedures, and documentation aligned with current legislation and best practice.
- Lead incident investigations using root cause analysis.
- Influence managers and stakeholders to drive a positive safety culture.
- Deliver training to improve safety awareness and compliance.
Group Health & Safety Manager at McGill's Buses (08/2022 – 02/2023)
- Proactively identified and implemented Health and Safety improvement opportunities.
- Drove performance improvements by developing and enforcing Health and Safety standards.
- Ensured compliance with safety standards within the network, across 8 depots.
- Utilized root cause problem solving to investigate incidents and near misses.
- Conducted continuous Health & Safety training to ensure compliance.
- Oversaw Management of Change, Safety Inspections, and Safety Committee operations.
- Maintained constant communication with senior leadership to ensure understanding and enforcement of Health & Safety protocols.
- Provided essential information, instruction, and training for employees to perform key tasks.
Health & Safety Manager at RMB Lubrication Monitoring Solution (2019-10 – 2022-08)
- Oversaw the execution of employee training and safety management frameworks.
- Provided comprehensive training in Occupational Health and Safety Management.
- Ensured risk assessments and method statements were accurate.
- Earned Safe-Contractor certification for consecutive years 2020/2021 and 2021/2022.
- Executed HR tasks such as hiring, assessing employee performance, and managing corrective actions.
- Conducted training and mentoring sessions on proactive OH&S activities, including risk assessments, incident investigations, and conditional inspections.
- Earned CertIOSH Status.
- Engaged in direct communication with the Managing Director each day.
Stock Controller at Tesco Extra (2017-11 – 2019-09)
- Engaged in role while pursuing university education to attain qualification in Occupational Health & Safety.
- Managed stock transfers from warehouse to shop floor.
- Managed stock replenishment on shelves.
- Assisted various departments when needed.
Delivery Driver at DHL / UK Mail (2015-12 – 2017-10)
- Check compliance of each delivery against prescribed shipping guidelines prior to handover.
- Delivered outstanding customer service by managing delivery time confirmations.
- Maintained safety protocols for hazardous material handling during both loading and unloading.
- Ensured all required logs and paperwork were completed and submitted daily.
- Executed routine safety inspections of vehicles for team members.
- Ensured compliance with internal privacy policies when processing customer details.
Health & Safety Manager / Office Manager at Hyspec Engineering (1986-05 – 2015-12)
- Directed operations for a workforce of 140 employees.
- Developed and enforced comprehensive Health and Safety Policy for organization.
- Conducted training sessions for employees in manual handling.
- Orchestrated comprehensive training sessions for banksmen.
- Managed business unit and performed numerous office responsibilities.
- Coordinated management discussions consistently with various departments for operational efficiency.
- Supervised materials inflow and outflow of completed products, conducting rigorous inspections for consistent high standards.
- Coordinated communication between subcontractors.
- Performed daily updates with financial controller.
- Organized routine dispatch plans.
- Developed and maintained approved vendor directory.
- Implemented stringent assessments for subcontractor safety compliance.
- Established continuous KPIs and KPAs for team.
